Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-10-12

July 3, 1851, q 3 rs :. m, a. Presi-
deda Garfield was entering the Balti-
more and Potomac Railroad depot at
Warrington, preparatory TO taking the
cars for : two weeks jaunt in New En-
gland, he wa fred upon and severely
wounded by Charles Jules Guiteau, q
native of Illinois, but OF French de-
scent The scene OF the assassination
wa the ladies' reception-room at the
station. The President and Mr.. Blaine,
arm in arm, were walking slowly in the
aisle between two rows OF benches on
either side Of tho room, when Guiteau
entered by . side door on the left of
the gentlemen, passed quickly around
the back Of the benches till directly be-
hind the President, and fred the shot
that struck his arm. MI. Garfield
walked about ten feet TO the end Of the
aisle, and was in the act Of turning to
face his assailant when the second shot
struck him in the small Of the back,
and he fell. The assassin was immedi.
ately seized and taken to Jail. The
wounded President was conveyed in an
ambulance to the White House. As he
was very faint, the first fear was OF in
ternal hemorrhage, which might cause
speedy death. But rs he rallied in .
few hours, this danger was thought to
be averted and Inflammation was now
feared. But IS symptoms Of this failed
to appear, the surgeons in attendance
concluded that NJ important organ had
been injured. that the bullet would be-
come encysted and harmless, OF might
possibly be located and successfully re-
moved. By the 10th Of July the re-
ports yer 30 favorable, that the Pres
ident's recovery wal regarded a. Ger.
tain, and public thanksgivings we're Of
fered in several Of the States, by order
Of the Governors, for his deliverence.
The frst check in the favorable symp.
toms occurred on July Is, and July %
there was . serious relapse, attended
with chills and fever. The wound had
been frequently probed, but without
securing any favorable result. The in
dlction balance was used to locate the
ball, and was regarded as q success.
though subsequently its indications
were known to have been altogether
erroneous. The probings, therefore,
in what was assumed to be the track OF
the bali, only increased the unfavora-
BILE symptoms. During the entire
month Of August these reports we're
alternately hopeful and discouraging,
the dangerous indications being gener-
ally on the increase. BY August 25
his situation VAS understood to be very
critical, though an apparent improve
ment on the Goth and 2Sth again
aroused hope. At his own earnest de-
sire the President was removed Sep
tember 6 to Elberon Park, near Long
Branch, N. j., in the hope that the
cooler air OF the seaside might renew
his strength more rapidly. However.
the improvement hoped for did not APP
pear. On September 16 there was q
serious relapse, with weil-marked
symptoms of blood-poisoning, and Sep
TENDER 10 the President died. A post
norton examination showed that the
ball, after fracturing one Of the ribs,
had passed through the spinal column,
fracturing the body of the vertebra,
driving q number of small fragments of
bone into the soft parts adjacent, and
lodging below the dancreas. where it
had become completely encysted. The
immediate cause of death was hemor-
rhage from one OF the small arteries in
the track of the ball, but the principal
cause was the poisoning of the blood
from suppuration.